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Detroit 2010: Automotive X-Prize now pretty much the Michigan (based) X-Prize

Filed under: Detroit Auto Show, Automotive X-Prize, Racing Gallery: Detroit 2010: Zap Alias Photos by Sebastian Blanco / Copyright (C)2010 Weblogs, Inc. Source: Automotive X Prize]Continue reading Detroit 2010: Automotive X-Prize now pretty much the Michigan (based) X-Prize
Wed, Jan 13 | from Autoblog

Detroit Preview: HP2g Revenge Verde Super Car

Fast forward a year and things haven't turned out quite as well as Pelmear may have hoped. In June, he and his team acrimoniously dropped out of the X Prize. The HP2g Mustang still made a few appearances, but the company's next vehicle - the Revenge Verde Super Car - was supposed to be at the LA Au...
Tue, Jan 5 | from Autoblog

Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge

Filed under: EV/Plug-in, Automotive X-Prize Source: Spokesman-Review]Tandem Tango ready for $2.5 million Automotive X-Prize challenge originally appeared on Autoblog Green on Tue, 29 Dec 2009 13:01:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
Tue, Dec 29 | from Autoblog

Tango remains in high-stakes dance

One X Prize has been awarded for a spaceship design, and competitions are under way for a lunar robot, rapid genome sequencing and highly fuel-efficient ... and more »
Sat, Dec 26 | from The Spokesman Review

Singularity University, Day Two: Peter Diamandis Thinks Big

If the larger aim is to diversify humanity's habitats in the universe, then a first logical step is the Ansari X-Prize for private space flight. ... and more »
Mon, Nov 9 | from Wired News

Progressive Insurance Automotive X PRIZE to Receive up to $5.5 Million in Funding from U.S. Department of Energy

The X PRIZE Foundation is an educational nonprofit prize institute whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. In 2004, the Foundation captured world headlines when Burt Rutan, backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, built and flew the world's fir...
Sun, Nov 1 | from xprize.org

Progressive Insurance Automotive X Prize Announces Teams Qualified to Compete for $10 Million/Launches National Student Contest

The Day Commercial Spaceflight Took Off: October 4 Marks Fifth Anniversary of $10 Million Ansari X PRIZE

10 MILLION ANSARI X PRIZE X PRIZE Foundation Leads the Field in Prize Competitions and Radical Breakthroughs for the Benefit of Humanity The X PRIZE Foundation continues to further explore future competitions through its prize development. Prize concepts include:
Fri, Oct 2 | from xprize.org

2009 Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge Competition Attempts Scheduled

The X PRIZE Foundation is an educational nonprofit prize institute whose mission is to create radical breakthroughs for the benefit of humanity. In 2004, the Foundation captured the world’s attention when the Burt Rutan-led team, backed by Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, built and f...
Tue, Aug 25 | from xprize.org

T3 Motion introduces three-wheeled CT3 personal commuter, plans to enter Auto X Prize

At this time, the vehicle exists only in rendered form (pay close attention to the wheels and tires in the above image), but T3 plans to enter a special CT-S version of the machine in the Auto X Prize that will reportedly be capable of 80 miles per hour and an equivalent mpg rating of over 100 mi...
Wed, Jul 1 | from AutoblogGreen

HP2G acrimoniously drops out of Auto X Prize

Yesterday, Horse Power Sales issued a statement (read it after the jump) that said they had "officially withdrawn their team and their 1987 Mustang, powered by the revolutionary, 110MPG, V-8, HP2g engine, from the upcoming Progressive Automotive X PRIZE Competition, effective June...
Fri, Jun 5 | from AutoblogGreen

Dirigo three-wheeler now up to 99 mpg, wood panels look good

One of the cars participating in the One Gallon Challenge is the Dirigo three wheeler. Built by Bill Buchholz, the Dirigo is right now tantalizingly close to the 100 mpg goal of the One Gallon Challenge (and the Automotive X Prize, of course). Buchholz had the following to say about his car:
Sat, May 23 | from AutoblogGreen

X-Prize entrant exhibits eRev at Epic Expo, earns 275 MPGe

Vancouver just played host to the Epic Expo, an exposition centered around sustainable living, and one of the exhibitors there might be familiar to dedicated AutoblogGreen readers. Last year in New York, we introduced you to the alé by Fuel Vapor Technologies which, at the time, was good...
Fri, May 15 | from AutoblogGreen

MIT Enterprise Forum of Phoenix Presents an Evening With Peter Diamandis

The evening experience includes a direct conversation with Dr. Diamandis exploring how Arizona can participate and contribute on a global scale by advancing opportunity through science, education, technology and entrepreneurism. The presentation by Dr. Diamandis will highlight th...
Wed, May 6 | from xprize.org

Near Miss at $2-Million Lunar Lander Challenge

Image: Jeff Foust A team of rocket-vehicle designers came tantalizingly close to winning the $2-million Northrop Grumman Lunar Lander Challenge this morning. The lunar lander built by Armadillo Aerospace managed to lift off vertically from a lunch and land on a second pad...
Fri, Oct 24 | from Wired News

Podcast: MD195 - The Google Lunar X Prize, interview with Will Pomerantz

In September of 2007, Google announced it will sponsor an X Prize Foundation contest to award $20 million to the first non-governmental organization that lands a robot explorer on the moon by the year 2012, named the Google Lunar X Prize. Second place and bonus prizes of $5 million each wil...
Tue, Aug 26 | from blip.tv